2012-13 Tennessee District Strategic Planning Template
District Name:
Accountability
status:
Analysis of last
year’s final
results:
Goals for 201213 school year:
Dyer County School System
Intermediate
Areas of Greatest Progress:
7th grade Math +9.7, Algebra I +4.9, 3rd
grade Math +7
Areas of Greatest Challenge:
Closing the gaps in English II – ED vs.
Non-ED and All vs. BHN; Closing the gaps
in Math 3-8 – SWD and Non-SWD will be
the two main goals for the Dyer County
School District. These two areas of
challenge are necessary because they
are the primary reasons Dyer County
School District was labeled as
intermediate. By closing one of the
additional gap closures in 2011-12, the
district would have been exemplary.
Underlying Reasons for Progress:
Underlying Reasons for Challenge:
Accelerated Math, Discovery Education
English II – very likely that students in
Formative Assessments, District
the ED subgroup correlate with BHN.
Benchmark 9 week tests, Great Teachers The challenge will be coordinating the
activities between the two gaps.
The goals for the Dyer County School District are based on the 2011/2012
achievement data. The district was labeled as intermediate because a majority of
the AMOs were met but a majority gap closures were not met. However, individual
subgroups did not decline in a majority of areas.
Goal 1: Closing the gaps in English II – ED vs. Non-ED and All vs. BHN
Goal 2: Closing the gaps in Math 3-8 – SWD and Non-SWD
Plan for this
school year:
Key strategies to achieve goals:
Goal 1: Closing the gaps in English II – ED vs. Non-ED and All vs. BHN
1. Strategy:
Discovery Education will be used at Dyer County High School to track
students in closing the gaps in English II.
Implementation Plan: Teachers and students will be using probes and
assessments through Discovery Education (Thinklink).
Desired outcomes: The gap in English II- ED vs. Non-ED and All vs. BHN will
close as designated.
Projected costs and funding sources: District Cost for the Dyer County
School District is $ 42,000.
Describe how this specific strategy will help you achieve your goals for the
2012-13 school year and address areas of challenge from the past year:
The gaps in English II will be closed by applying focus to the areas of
concern. Specific gaps will accounted for in Discovery Education through
assessment reporting and probe specific assignment. Discovery Education
reports will help teachers focus on specific gaps in student achievement.
All EOC classes will have formative assessment data that will drive the
differentiated instruction provided through Discovery Education
2. Strategy: Departmental Meetings
Implementation Plan: Collaborative meetings will be held at a minimum of
every other week.
Desired outcomes: Increased achievement and gap closure for all
students.
Projected costs and funding sources: Use of Discovery Education as
previously mentioned $42,000.
Describe how this specific strategy will help you achieve your goals for the
2012-13 school year and address areas of challenge from the past year:
Collaborative meetings in the English department will be held at a
minimum of every other week. Professional development from NIET Best
Practices will guide teachers into providing better instruction. Results of
formative assessments will be discussed then used to address the needs of
all students including the sub-groups. Pacing guides will be revised to
promote optimum student growth. Teachers will align the material taught
to more closely mirror questions from the state item sampler and practice
tests. Teacher-made tests will be designed to be more compatible to high
stakes tests.
3. Strategy: Tutoring Program
Implementation Plan: Dyer County High School will utilize school tutoring
and peer tutoring during class and learn block to address students’ specific
standard deficiencies.
Projected costs and funding sources: $5,000 and extended contract
Describe how this specific strategy will help you achieve your goals for the
2012-13 school year and address areas of challenge from the past year:
The Tutoring Program will be utilized to help decrease gaps while focusing
on targeted bubble students in English II.
Desired outcomes: The Tutoring Program will help close the gaps in English
II specifically in ED vs. Non-ED and All vs. BHN.
Goal 2: Math 3-8 – SWD and Non-SWD
1. Strategy: After School Program
Implementation Plan: The After School Program will be utilized to help
decrease gaps in SWD and Non-SWD in Math 3-8.
Desired outcomes: Gap closure
Projected costs and funding sources: $288,000- 21st Century Grant;
@$20,000- Title I
Describe how this specific strategy will help you achieve your goals for the
2012-13 school year and address areas of challenge from the past year:
The after school program will begin in September 2012 at five
elementary schools and two middle schools. The focus of the after
school program will be reading/language arts and math. Teachers in
the after school program will monitor student outcomes through
Discovery Education, Accelerated Math, and Voyager V-Math.
Student progress will be facilitated from the after school program to
the regular classroom. Gap closures in the subgroup SWD will be
emphasized. SWD that are considered to be on the bubble of
proficiency will receive prescribed interventions. The prescribed
interventions will be based on the results of multiple measures that
include Discovery Education, Accelerated Math, and Voyager V-Math.
2. Strategy: Star Math
Implementation Plan: Star Math
Desired outcomes: Gap closure Math 3-8 –SWD and Non-SWD
Projected costs and funding sources- 40,000
Describe how this specific strategy will help you achieve your goals for the 201213 school year and address areas of challenge from the past year:
The implementation of Star Math will take place as a new initiative in the Dyer
County School District. Teachers will receive individualized classroom designs for
each period of their day. Individual classrooms will be built and function around
the Star Math design. Students will be benchmarked for progress and with the
help of the Star program have individualized instruction in the classroom. The
overall goal will be to close the Math 3-8 –SWD and Non-SWD.
3. Strategy: Implement Test Talks/Goal Setting with students
Implementation Plan: Teachers will set goals with students
Desired outcomes: Gap closure Math 3-8- SWD and Non-SWD
Projected costs and funding sources: $2,000 IDEA funds
Describe how this specific strategy will help you achieve your goals for the
2012-13 school year and address areas of challenge from the past year:
Each teacher will meet with each student to discuss test results and to
set personal goals based on progress monitoring data and Think Link
results. Students will be rewarded for meeting goals. The district will
create 9 -week benchmark math assessments grades 1-8 that are
aligned with the TCAP standards and the focus standards. After data
is collected and analyzed, the teachers and instructional coaches will
brainstorm alternative methods of teaching standards not mastered.
Using the subgroup report from Discovery Education, the teachers will
identify specific gaps in order to focus on closing the achievement gap.
Key benchmarks
for progress on
strategies:
Benchmark:
9 week district benchmark math assessments 3-8
Discovery Education Formative Assessments in
K-12 in all EOC classes.
STAR reading/math
Timeline:
Every 9 weeks
3 times over the course of
year
3 times over the course of
year